Work & commute · Washburn

Work & commute in Washburn, MO

Most working residents leave Washburn for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Cassville (8%), Bentonville (7%) and Rogers (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 120 Washburn residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washburn.

120live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Washburn goes to work

Washburn (in town)right here

8%10

Cassville8.2 mi away

8%10

Bentonville, AR22.1 mi away

7%9

Rogers, AR21.4 mi away

5%7

Springfield56 mi away

5%7

Springdale, AR29.4 mi away

5%6

Pea Ridge, AR13.1 mi away

3%4

Lowell, AR25.3 mi away

3%4

Seligman4.8 mi away

3%4

Fayetteville, AR37.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%66

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Washburn commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

22%

28%

20%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Washburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Washburn are

156 jobs are based in Washburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Washburn

156 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Washburn residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−2%

Jobs based in Washburn, 2013 → 2023: 159 → 156. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.